The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

Lohud.com, the website of the Journal News in White Plains, N.Y., reports that the police officer who shot and killed DJ Henry of Easton two years ago said he didn’t move out of the way of the car Henry was driving as it sped toward him "because I thought the vehicle was going to stop."

"I believed it was going to stop because every other vehicle I’ve asked to stop in my career have stopped," Aaron Hess said, according to a transcript released Thursday of his deposition in a federal lawsuit.

Prompted by another officer who shouted for him to "stop that car," Hess stepped in front of the vehicle. He, too, shouted "stop," unholstered his gun and pointed it at the Pace University football player’s car.

"As the vehicle was approaching, I put up my left hand, yelled for the vehicle to stop," Hess said. "By the time I realized that the vehicle wasn’t going to stop, I didn’t have a chance to go left, right, and if I stood on the balls of my feet, I was going to be run over. So as the vehicle was coming towards me, I lunged forward as it hit my legs. At that time, as I was on the hood, the engine revved up again."

The deposition, taken Åug. 14 in federal court in White Plains, was attended by various lawyers, Henry’s family and several of Henry’s friends who are involved in related civil rights lawsuits against the county, Mount Pleasant, Pleasantville and several police officers.